Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-30
DAILY HERALD.
GRNERAL MILES RETURNS.
The Indians Quteted = Changes
IN he Recon- mended.


General Nelson A. Miles returned yes
terday evening from his trip to the Sal
Carlos reservation, where the recent out
break took place. The General think
that the trouble with the Indians is owe
for the present, and if certain change
as to their disp position, which he in
tends to recommend are adopted, it will
never recur. The surrender Of the six
teen who left the reservation, eight o
whom are in the guard house at Sar
Carlos. put an end to the difficulty
which came very nearly being ex
tremely serious. At one time there were
all the way from a thousand 10 thirteen
hundred of the Indians who were on
the point of leaving the reservation, but
the timely arrival of General Miles
and staff set matters right. From
General Miles observations the trouble
was caused by the superstitlons of the
Indians. 1t appears that recently about
hundred of the children sickened and
died, aud shortly after the earthquakes
cama and other little things occurred
which gave them ,ioomy forebodings.
These feelings ere worked upon by
the medicine mn, and the result was
that over a thousand left their place on
the reservation, and had camped forty
miles away. Here they held meetings
and orgies every night, and the medi-
cite men had all of them worked up to
a state bordering ON frenzy, when Cen
eral Miles appeared. The medicine
men then changed their course, and, by
considerable talk and persuasion, the
Indians were quieted down and
returned to the place where they
belong. Their object was to leave
the reservation and return to
their homes. The sixteen who left the
reservation were closely pursued by
Captain Wendy and Lieutenant John.
son and after the Indian camp and an
imals were captured in the mountains
about two hundred and fifty miles south
they concluded that the safest thug
to do was to return aud give them
selves up. When the camp was cap.
tured the Indians escaped by climbing
down over the rocks, without taking
anything along with them. They were
clio ely followed by the troops on their
way back and reached San Carlos just
before their pursurers. Eight of the
ring leaders were imprisoned in the
guard house and will be tried by court
martial under the direction of Captain
Pierce. An investigation of the out
break and its causes is going on at
present and until it is con.
cluded it is not known what
course will be taken with the other
eight. During their expedition the
Indians, it is reported, killed two white
men, but did not steal any great amount
of stock.
General Miles said there was no truth
in the rumor that they were about to
attack Globe City. Indians never attack
a city or thickly populated settlements,
and so far as ne could learn, they had no
thought of such a thing. They were
gone from the reservation from 10 to %
days, and during that time travelled
about 450 or 500 miles, going in a south.
erly direction about 250 miles. AT the
present time there are about 5000 In.
dians on the reservation belonging to
the Yuma, Mohave, Tonto, White
Mountain and San Carlos tribes OF the
Apache nation. There was no disaffec.
tion among any of those who remained
at their settlements, and at the present
time there is no fear of another occur.
renee and there will not be recurrence
if the recommendations of General
Miles are adopted.